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4tc - r .misrepresentation ?
jh t' . . turn of the National Repub-
rn .'Jiuiicc uic 41111,1, jiAciiy
rcn .1 ' appreciates his citizenship
ii tn'ii.jh primaries select intelli-
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xWM ti decency and good order.
he .in rtssion is strong that the negro
aniUU't 10 civiiizaLion, ine noise,
. f.ii.iusion. the rowdyism and
.runkemu's's attending the political ef
Drtslitn:olore of so-called leaders of'
br j.eopK have tended to give might I
the armament 01 anti-sunrage expo--nm
:n U is district. How much more
"rcble will the argument be against.
when having tne opportunity to ,
ove trial uecencr is pi ciei 1 cu aiiu na,
enowcr We fail to show it?
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be the people to attend the prim- I
lies 1 'Uii more concerneu as lo tne
iarnier oi giving expression to our !
loice for delejrates than I am as to !
iiom the delegate shall be. We need
be public spirited and to take an m
Ut m the nublic meal. The decent
llored people of this community out
biber the rowdies, and why should
lev not make themselves leltr
onslaught of the Washington
km its issue of the 14th mst. does
ruh set forth the situation. 1 he ei-
tto make it appear that respectable
lored titizens are opposing oionei
erson, or supporting some one else
1 attempt to hide the real desire 01
ectable citizens. Many decent and
bectable colored men will support
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OUR NATIONAL CHAIRMAN.
, JOISES AND HEWLETT BEFORE THE
1 UNITED STATES SUPREME POTIPT i
I Cornelius J. Jones, Esq. of Greenville,
1 Miss,, and E. Molvneaux Hewlett.
Esq., of Washington, D. C, are young!
lawyers, 01 whom the race may justly
feel proud. Mr. Tones is a Misqiqcin-
pian by birth and a man who enjoys !
uie iuii connoence and respect of the
citizens of his State, regardless of race
or color. He having occupied many
places of honor, with great credit,
namely, as State Legislator from 1S90
to 1S94 and Chairman of the Third Dis
trict Congressional Executive Com
mittee, of which he is now a member.
We are also creditably informed that
the judges of the courts of the State
and members of the bar respect him
for his manly bearing and knowledge
of the law in the conduct of his cases.
He believes that the redress, for the
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Cornelius J. Jones
negro of any wrongs perpetrated
against his race, lies in the courts, and
should be fought manly along that line.
This fact he has demonstrated by his
manly legal contest, for three years, in
attempt to save the lives of two ne
groes, John Gibson and Charley Smith,
who were convicted three times of mur
der, and not yet hanged. Mr. Jones had
a reversed twice by the supreme court
of Mississippi, but the last time the
judgment of the trial court was af
firmed. After making every effort pos
sible in the State court, he applied to
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Louis H. Douglass.
HON. THOMAS H. CARTER.
Hon. Thomas H. Carter, of Helena,
M.ontana, was born at Junior Furnace,
Scioto County, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1S54. He
is the son of Edward and Margaret
Carter, who were born in the County
of Roscommon, Ireland, and first set
tled in this country in the State of
Maryland, moving to Ohio about 1849.
The family removed from Ohio to
Pana, Christain County, IPinois, in
1865. The subject of this sketch at
tended the public schools for a brief
time and subsequently engaged in
railroading, farming and school teach
ing. In 1S75 he removed to Burling
ton, Iowa, and later to the State of
Kentucky. In 1882 he removed to
Helena, Montana, where he continued
to practice his chosen profession of
the law until 1888, when he was elected
Delegate to represent the Territory of
Montana in Congress. In 1889, "the
Territory having been admitted to
Statehood, he was elected its first
Representative to Congress. Was
Chairman of the Committee on Mines
and Mining in the Fifty-first Congress,
and in March, 1891, was appointed by
President Harrison Commissioner of
the General Land Office. Took an
active part in behalf of General Har
rison's renomination for the Presi
dency at Minneapolis, and on July 16,
oi the same year, was elected Chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee. In May, 1893, the full National
Committee assembled at Louisville,
Ivy., and affirmed the action of the
Executive Committee of the preceed
ing July by electing Mr. Carter Chair
man for the full term of four years,
which position he now holds. In Jan
uary, 1S95, the legislature of Montana,
assembled at Helena, elected Mr.
Carter United States Senator from
that State for the full term of six
vears. besrinnine March 4. iSqs, and
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ending March 3
Mr. Carter was married in January,
1886, to Miss Nellie L. Galen, daughter
of Hon. H. F. Galen, one of the pio
neer stage and transportation men of
Montana. They have two children,
both boys.
In person, Senator Carter is five
feet seven inches high, weighs about
175 pounds, and is light in complexion.
The following paragraph is taken
from Joaquin Miller's new History of
Montana, page 182 :
"Mr. Carter's rise as a lawyer and
as a public character of prominence
has been phenomenal. He was achiev
ing marked success in his profession
when called to the field of politics in
1S88. From that time onward, his
participation in State and National af
fairs has developed in him a high
order pf, -3'itecraft, and gained for
him a reputation as a writer, orator
and leader of party organization and
sentiment such as is rarely given to
men of such brief prominence in
public affairs. He is fertile in expe
dient and meets every occasion with a
full measure of equality. His origi
nality, condensation and force of ex
pression; his active, agressive and san
guine temperament; his powers of phy
sical endurance; his tact, sagacity and
judgment; and his cordial and unaf
fected intercourse with public men,
are the instrumental factors of his
success in public life. As a lawyer,
Mr. Carter is in the fore-front of his
profession."
The Americar press will give Mr.
Carter credit of being one of the most
level-headed and sagacious men and
party leaders in the American body
politic, which will undoubtedly land
him in the Presidential chair some
time soon.
He is the youngest National Repub
lican leader in this country, a man of
honor and integrity.
HON. CLARK H. SAMPSON,
Hon. Clark II . Sampson, of St. Louis,
Mo., is one of the best known men in
the West.
He is a man of remarkable ingenuity
and political activity.
He was the life of the St. Louis Con
tingent that came to this city to secure,
if possible, the republican convention
for his city.
He is a speaker of the first water,
and much is due to him for the capture
of the convention.
He was everywhere that mortal man
could get and every ballot that was
taken he got in possession of it and an
nounced the same to the many hundred
that surrounded the St. Louis Head
quarters in the Arlington Hotel.
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not like many of our representative
men, go in search for white lawyers to
nccnriate with him in the trial of the
I Constitutional question in the Supreme
Court of the United btates, hut know
ing E. M. Hewlett, Esq., and his stand
ing and ability as a lawyer, associated
him with him. We all know, and feel
proud of Mr. Hewlett. He comes from
old Cambridge, Mass., and is the son
of the late Prof. A. Molyneaux Hew
Wt nf Harvard University, under
whose supervision the first gymnasium '
at that institution was built, and who,
until the time of his death in 1S71, was
instructor there. Mr. Hewlett is a
graduate of the Boston University and
practiced law in Boston for three years
before he came to Washington. We
learn that shortly after his admission
tn the bar he was engaged in several
important cases which at once brought
him to the front rank as a lawyer. He
is a thorough race man, and has prac
ticed among us since 1SS2, during
-hirli time he has been engaged ill
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1300 Pennsylva-b f vhite, re at the bar He
ylvania Station. . . , a prntU lfnre a inrv.
Mr. Hewlett was nominated by Presi
dent Harrison and confirmed by the
.pnate a dav or two after, as one of
i the trial justices of the District, and
President Cleveland on August 24,
1S94, renominated him to serve four
years longer, which nomination was
confirmed the same day. No member
of the District bar is more highly re
speated by judges and members than
our chesterfield, E. M. Hewlett.
Mr. Jones came to Washington on Oc
tober 21st last at the convening of the
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Hon. Clark H. Sanpson.
Long before the ballots were taken
and even when it was presumed that
San Francisco would gain the prize,
Mr. Sampson asserted that the conven
tion would go to his city.
Mr. Simpson is a man of medium
statute and congenial in every partic
ular. The St. Louis Headquarters in the
Arlington Hotel were the most sought
after than any other in this great hotel.
Some of the most distinguished
Statesmen and politicians visited the
headquarters.
The republicans of this country will
be royally treated when they visit St.
Louis.
If the visitors are treated as well at
St. Louis as the visitors were at the
headquarters, it is lucky that the
good judgment of the Committee be
selected that great city.
THE HERO OF THE PLANTER.
Hon. Robert Smalls, of South Caro
lina, the Hero of the Planter is in town,
with his little son, his wife having died
a few months ago, which is a great loss
to the distinguished negro.
General Smalls attended the meet
ing of the National Committee and was
an attentive listener.
The Bee is under many obligations
to General Smalls for a correct copy of
the recent constitution of his State, in
which he took such a conspicious part.
Mr. C. M. Emrich, proprietor of the
Hotel Emrich Restaurant, corner of
New Jersey avenue aud C street, op
posite B. & O. depot, is worthy of be
ing patronized, as he is impartial and
and is courteous to every one, and his
foods that are served are all strictly
rst-class and reasonable. We suggest
that he be patronized. He makes a
specialty of fine 10 cent whiskey, equal
to any that is sold at 15 cents at other
places.
A FAIR BUSINESS MAN.
Mr. John T. Carroll is without doubt
a fair business man. He has had years
of experience in the business in which
he is now engaged, which qualifies him
to handle the many people who call to
see him in a satisfactory manner. He
is gentlemanly and kind, and The Bee
takes this opportunity to recommend
him to the people and patrons of The
Bee. See advertisement in another
column.
Madame Flora Batson Bergen, the
Prince of all singers wil soon "be here
in a grand concert.
STAUNCH AND TRUE.
We know of no business gentleman
who is more friendly to the race than
Mr. William L. Wells, in the lan
guage of the grateful, he is staunch
and true. The Bee heartily recom
mends him to the people and its many
friends.
Mr. Wells address is 363 M street,
southwest.
A meeting of the Silver Star Repub
can Club, was held on last Monday
night at 814 3rd street, s. w., in the 18th
district. Among the organizers were
J. C. Day, J. W. Harris, J. Reedman,
L. Brodas and R. Brooks. J. W. Har
ris, was elected Presdient; J. C..Day,
Secretary ; R. Brooks, Sergearit-at-Arms,
and J Reedman,' Chaplain.
One of the most brilliant and accom
plished young lawyers is Alexander
Mullouney, Esq., Assistant United
States District Attorney to Hon. A. A.
Birney. Mr. Mullouney is a true and
dignified Southerner, who was born in '
Richmond, Va., in 1S63, and received'
a common school education and grad
uated in law from the National Uni
versity law school. ,
He demonstrated his ability in law,
which commanded the admiration of
some of his most influential friends,
who offered him the position which he
now occupies, to which he was ap
pointed m 1SS7.
He studied architecture with the
firm of Cluss & Schulg-e. and it is said
that he is as accomplished in this pro-
fession as he is in law.
There is no young man who practices
before the District bar more popular
and admired more than Mr. Mullouney. ''
He is not only a man of talent, per-'
severance and energy,but a determined
prosecutor, and a conscientious one. !
He doesn't believe in prosecuting a
person if he is innocent.
This is one of his characteristics
which has won for him the admiration
of the members of the bar.
brain can De lound in that section, bu
cannot say all the humanitarians and
mothers of Presidents are found there.
7 Mr. Mullouney has a cause and right
to boast of his proud State of Vir
ginia. When future ages begin to count the
deeds of eminent statesmen, learned
lawyers and gallant soldiers, Mr. Mul
louney, the Adonis of the legal pro
fession, can point with pride and admi
ration to the proud State of Virginia.
Judge Miller, who presides over the
court in which Mr. Mullonney prose
cutes government cases, has on more
than one occasion paid him glowing
and deserving compliments.
In statue, Mr. Mullouney is tall and
erect. His hair is pretty and his attire
is always of the most modern styles.
All classes and grades, the legal and
other professions, irrespective of color,
religion or cried, have nothing but
words of praise for him.
ALEXANDER MULLOUNEY, ESQ.
A person's color nor his condition
does not bar him from doing his
duty to the government when he be
lieves he is right. History records the
acts and noble qualities of men learned
in law" and architecture; h'story records
the deeds of good men, which are
bound to live after them. So will pos
terity emblazon on its scroll the emi
nent qualities of this member of the
legal profession.
The North may boast of brilliant
lawyers; the North may say that the
HON. CHARLES CURTIS'.
Hon. Charles Curtis, of Kansas, a
member of Congress, has had Mr.
Paul H. Bray appointed to a $100 posi
tion in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Bray is the step-son of ex-United
States Counsel Waller, who is now
confined in a French prison. Mr.
Curtis is from Topeka, in the Fourth
District of Kansas, and is the pride of
the colored people of that State
Mr. Curtis has taken a deep interest
in Mr. Waller's case and has dpne
more than any one to have him re
leased. He had a petition signed with
more than 6000 citizens of Kansas on
it, urging action, which he presented
to Congress. No man deserves more
credit than Mr. Curtis, in having Mr.
Bray appointed to a first-class posi
tion in the House of Representatives,
especially when you consider that
there were over 100 white applicants
for the place to which Mr. Bray was
appointed. The colored Republicans
of Kansas owe Mr. Curtis a debt of
gratitude and The Bee is confident
the people of this city will join in with it.
The Bee in extending gratitude to
Mr. Curtis in helping one member of
a deserving family, where mother and
small children are in need of aid and
whose husband or father is lying sick
in a French prison.
On the part of the people of this
city, the friends of Mr. Bray and the
Waller family, on the part of the
good Republicans of Kansas, The
Bee takes the liberty, Mr, Curtis, to
thank you for the very lucrative posi
tion, and a very honorable one at that,
to which you had Mr. Paul H. Bray ap
pointed. The Bee will say more of
him in the future.
L. C. Bailey.
The subject of this sketch, Mr. Leon
ard C. Bailey was born in the District
of Columbia, on the first day of March,
1843, and received a common school
education. When but eight years of
age his father died, leaving his mother
with four children to support. Young
Bailey soon found employmeut as an
apprentice with the old reliable firm
of Heard & Watson, barbers and wig
makers, then located in the old Na
tional Hotel bnilding. corner Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. So
rapid was his progress that within five
months he was assigned to a chair as
a regular barber. Here it was that
he laid the foundation of that busi
ness capacity which was so useful to
him afterwards. From his early boy
hood he had always manifested a dis
position of energy and push, and at the
age of twenty he was successfully con
ducting a business of his own on the
principal thoroughfare of Georgetown.
His affability and courteousness soon
won for him that patronage he so richly
deserved. To-day he is the proprietor
of five of the handsomest and best pay
ing barbershops in Washington.
It was Mr. Bailey's ambition, how
Mfr tn nrcunv another and broader
hns-mess sohere and one to which he
has since proved himself peculiarly
adopted. .
In 18SS, he conceived the idea of es
tablishing a colored banking institution
here. He succeeded in interesting a
number of prominent colored business
men in,the project.
The result was the organization of
the Capital Savings Bank, which to
day stands as one of the most pros
perous institutions of its kind in Wash
ington. Mr. Bailey has been the
moving spirit of this institution since its
organization, and it is not saying too
much that its wonderful success is due
I financial credit in this community. He
devotes all of his time and talent to
this institution of which he is practi
cally the father and the head. He is
also interested in many other business
operations, varied in their character,
but uniformly successful. He is the
treasurer of eight different organiza
tions, also the executor and adminis
trator of many estates in the District,
demonstrating his unquestionable hon
esty and integrity. In his religious
view he is a Baptist, being one of the
original founders of the Berean Bap
tist Church and Chairman of the Trus
tee Board since its foundation. He has
always been a steady and conscientious
member of the church, and one of its
most liberal contributors. Mr. Baile
is well-known for his deeds of charity.
In the alleys and back streets of Wash
ington and Georgetown, the widows
and orphans testify fo his extreme
kind heartedness and liberality. He
is highly esteemed and loved by all.
Mr. Bailey is estimated to be -worth
i5o,ooo. He certainly has a record of
which any one might be proud.
For honesty and integrity he stands
equal to any in this country, and a man
who has the respect of the entire com
munity.
In addition to what Mr. Bailey has
done, The Bee notes the following:
He purchased the ground upon which
the Berean Baptist Church was built.
He also purchased the Reed property,
where the Colored Young Men's Chris
tian Association holds meetings. Also
the Masonic Hall, 5th and Virginia
avenue, s. e., where the Masons now
meet. He held each place until these
organization raised sufficient means to
purchase the property.
I hese alone are monuments to the
colored people.
Mr. Bailey is the man to be elected
as the colored delegate to the next
republican convention, and he will be
elected.
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